Database: Florida DUI manslaughter fugitives

Using state court data, traffic homicide case files and crash databases, the Naples Daily News conducted a first-of-its-kind analysis of how law enforcement handled DUI manslaughter cases in Florida between 2005 and 2014, the most recent 10-year stretch of available data.

Among the findings: At least 45 suspects accused of killing 57 people in DUI manslaughter cases are fugitives after law enforcement declined to arrest them immediately after the crash, then couldn’t find them later. Those fugitives, about half of whom weren’t U.S. citizens or didn’t have a license at the time of the crash, never had to surrender a passport, allowing them to easily flee the country.